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Pepe
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17 Feb 2018, 9:07 pm

Time for something a little less angst worthy...

I watched: "Shrek Forever After" yesterday...
I was very surprised by something in particular...

I suspect, very heavily, that there was an Ayn Rand "perfect man" reference...
Though it wasn't a perfect man in the movie, it was the perfect Ogre, Shrek...
Das ist Shreklich!... 8O

And that wasn't the only "suspicious" element alluding to Rand's philosophy...
I will have to re-watch the movie and get back to you if I have the psychological energy...

Once may be a coincidence/aberration...
Twice is the beginning of a pattern... 8O

If I am correct, it would seem to be a cheeky in joke by Mike Myers...
Yeah baby!... :mrgreen:



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17 Feb 2018, 9:15 pm

Pepe wrote:
Time for something a little less angst worthy...

I watched: "Shrek Forever After" yesterday...
I was very surprised by something in particular...

I suspect, very heavily, that there was an Ayn Rand "perfect man" reference...
Though it wasn't a perfect man in the movie, it was the perfect Ogre, Shrek...
Das ist Shreklich!... 8O

And that wasn't the only "suspicious" element alluding to Rand's philosophy...
I will have to re-watch the movie and get back to you if I have the psychological energy...

Once may be a coincidence/aberration...
Twice is the beginning of a pattern... 8O

If I am correct, it would seem to be a cheeky in joke by Mike Myers...
Yeah baby!... :mrgreen:


Sorta like Der Ubermensch?


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17 Feb 2018, 9:34 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
Pepe wrote:
Time for something a little less angst worthy...

I watched: "Shrek Forever After" yesterday...
I was very surprised by something in particular...

I suspect, very heavily, that there was an Ayn Rand "perfect man" reference...
Though it wasn't a perfect man in the movie, it was the perfect Ogre, Shrek...
Das ist Shreklich!... 8O

And that wasn't the only "suspicious" element alluding to Rand's philosophy...
I will have to re-watch the movie and get back to you if I have the psychological energy...

Once may be a coincidence/aberration...
Twice is the beginning of a pattern... 8O

If I am correct, it would seem to be a cheeky in joke by Mike Myers...
Yeah baby!... :mrgreen:


Sorta like Der Ubermensch?


Jawohl!...
I mean...
Yeah, baby...
Something Nietzsche might have said...
Rand was apparently heavily influenced by him, which everyone here but me seemed to have known already for some time...<sigh>
And so too, if I am correct, was Mike Myers aware of Rand's "Superman"...
Cheeky bugger...:mrgreen:



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17 Feb 2018, 9:40 pm

Pepe wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Pepe wrote:
Time for something a little less angst worthy...

I watched: "Shrek Forever After" yesterday...
I was very surprised by something in particular...

I suspect, very heavily, that there was an Ayn Rand "perfect man" reference...
Though it wasn't a perfect man in the movie, it was the perfect Ogre, Shrek...
Das ist Shreklich!... 8O

And that wasn't the only "suspicious" element alluding to Rand's philosophy...
I will have to re-watch the movie and get back to you if I have the psychological energy...

Once may be a coincidence/aberration...
Twice is the beginning of a pattern... 8O

If I am correct, it would seem to be a cheeky in joke by Mike Myers...
Yeah baby!... :mrgreen:


Sorta like Der Ubermensch?


Jawohl!...
I mean...
Yeah, baby...
Something Nietzsche might have said...
Rand was apparently heavily influenced by him, which everyone here but me seemed to have known already for some time...<sigh>
And so too, if I am correct, was Mike Myers aware of Rand's "Superman"...
Cheeky bugger...:mrgreen:


Yep, that was Friedrich N.


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19 Feb 2018, 4:27 pm

Pepe wrote:
Something Nietzsche might have said...
Rand was apparently heavily influenced by him, which everyone here but me seemed to have known already for some time...<sigh>
And so too, if I am correct, was Mike Myers aware of Rand's "Superman"...
Cheeky bugger...:mrgreen:


I believe Leonard Peikoff stated that when Ayn Rand wrote Atlas Shrugged that she had gotten rid of any remaining Nietzsche influence.



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19 Feb 2018, 4:37 pm

DarthMetaKnight wrote:
Additionally, on the odd occasion when Rand was right, she managed to mess it up.

Randian hyper-capitalism cannot work. I'm not just saying this because <snip>....


This is a great post, whether I agree or not, because it is something that can be discussed. It deserves a good response, but I am not mentally able to provide one at the moment and that is why I have not responded. I did not want you to feel that your post was ignored.